September 26, 2008 10:31 pm Recreation Saturday, Sept. 27 Wicked 1/2 Marathon, 6 a.m. registration, 7 a.m. start, Bentley School, at 25 Memorial Dr., registration $50. For information, contact Brandi Dion at bnsfitness@yahoo.com or Doug Bollen, dbollen@salem.com. Beverly-Salem Elks Annual Soccer Shoot, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Beverly-Salem Lodge of Elks, 39 Bow St., Beverly. For ages 4 to 9. Bring copy of birth certificate. All children must be accompanied by a parent. Aug. 1 is the age cutoff date. 978-979-6199. Bald Hill Hike, 9 a.m., 75 Middleton Road, Boxford. Sponsored by Boxford Trails Association and Boxford Open Land Trust. Free. 978-887-7031. Parade for Olympian Shalane Flanagan, 1 p.m., Marblehead/Swampscott YMCA to Marblehead High School. For information call 781-631-0878. Map and Compass Treasure Hunt, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, 87 Perkins Row, Topsfield. For families with children 7 years and older. Advance registration required at 978-887-9264. $10 adults, $8 children (discount for Mass Audubon members). Planets, planets everywhere, but not an alien in sight (yet), 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, 87 Perkins Row, Topsfield. With North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club on exoplanets—planets found around other stars. For adults and families with children 10 and up. Rain or shine. Advance registration required. $9 adults, $7 children (discount Mass Audubon members). 978-887-9264. Sunday, Sept. 28 Self-guided hike, Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 87 Perkins Row, Topsfield. As part of Essex Heritage's seventh annual Trails and Sails Weekend. Naturalist-guided walk from 1 to 2 p.m. For directions, visit www.massaudubon.org/ipswichriver or call 978-887-9264. Monarch Migration Station, 1 to 3 p.m., Coolidge Reservation, Manchester. Trustees of Reservations program on monarch butterfly migration. Trustees members $8, nonmembers $10. Register by calling 978-921-1944, ext. 8815. Chapman Way Hike, 1 p.m., Boxford Community Center (yellow building, corner Elm and Middleton roads), meet in back. Boxford Trails Association/Boxford Open Land Trust. 978-887-7031. History/Lectures Saturday, Sept. 27 "Native American Experience," 10 a.m., Salem 1630: Pioneer Village, Forest River Park, Salem. Feather on the Moon Sachem of the Massachusetts Ponkapoag Tribal Council will lecture on building Native American fish weir at this site, and on flint-knapping and atlatl. 978-745-0525. Historic House Tour and Colonial Games at Wenham Museum, 10:30 a.m., Wenham Museum, 132 Main St., Wenham. Free Trails and Sails event, children's games and stories about life in 17th-century New England with a costumed interpreter. Admission to museum galleries not included. 978-468-2377. "Genomics and the Human Condition," 11 a.m., A.J. Gordon Memorial Chapel, Gordon College, 255 Grapevine Road, Wenham. Lecture by Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute. History Walk, 2 p.m., Rebecca Nurse Home to Tapley Hall on Page Street, Danvers. Led by Bob Farley, sponsored by Danvers Historical Society and Danvers Bi-Peds. All are welcome. Sunday, Sept. 28 Trains at Wenham Museum, 10:30 a.m., Wenham Museum, 132 Main St., Wenham. Trails and Sails event featuring 9 operating model layouts. Free; includes limited admission to museum galleries. 978-468-2377. Open House for Walker Transportation Collection, Beverly Historical Society and Museum, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Cabot House Museum, 117 Cabot St., Beverly. Beverly Farms History Walk, a narrated, 1.5-mile walk from St. John's Episcopal Church, 705 Hale St. Visits the historic village, with a stop at West Beach and view of Misery Island. 2 p.m. start. Sponsored by Beverly Historical Society. Exploring Front Street, 1 to 3 p.m., Lee Mansion, 170 Washington St., Marblehead. Walking tour with town historian Bette Hunt. Rain or shine. $15, $10 members. 781-631-1768. "Under Our Skin," 2 p.m., Beverly Public Library, 32 Essex St., Beverly. Film presentation on Lyme disease. Free. 978-750-6726 or 978-766-8076. "The Genius of J. Selmer-Larsen," gallery talk, 2 and 3 p.m., King Hooper Mansion, 8 Hooper St., Marblehead. Ann Whittier on her grandfather, artist and founding member of the Marblehead Arts Association, Johann Selmer-Larsen (1876-1967). "Trails and Sails" event, tickets $25 at www.trailsandsails.org or 978-740-0444. Proceeds will help underwrite the weekend's free events. Dow Walking Tour, 3 p.m., Heard House Museum, 54 S. Main St. Trails and Sails weekend event. Free. With Stephanie Gaskins, short lecture in Dow Gallery, then tour landmarks and views significant to Dow. 978-356-2811. Music Saturday, Sept. 27 "Drum for Peace," 1 to 5 p.m., hosted by Spirit in Nature Pathways at the Cuvilly Arts and Earth Center, 10 Jeffreys Neck Road in Ipswich. Symphony By the Sea, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," music by Rossini and Mozart. 8 p.m., at the First Universalist Society of Salem, 211 Bridge St. Pre-concert talk by conductor Donald Palma at 7 p.m. Tickets $30. 978-462-4827. Roomful of Blues, 7:30 p.m., at the Ipswich Performing Arts Center, 134 High St., Ipswich. Advance ticket sales, adults $22, seniors and students $17, at 978-356-3137, ext. 368. Food Saturday, Sept. 27 Fundraising Breakfast, 8 to 11 a.m., Masonic Hall, 20 Washington St., Beverly. Cost is $5 for adults, $3 for kids under 12. All-You-Can-Eat scrambled eggs, sausage, blueberry and plain pancakes. Proceeds support the Child ID Program at Homecoming and Touch-A-Truck and the Chester Battis Scholarship Fund. Also come learn about The Masons. 978-922-9669 or 978-807-4150. The Salem Pantry, 9:30 to 11 a.m., First Universalist Church, 211 Bridge St., Salem. All Salem residents in need are welcome. Must bring a photo I.D. and recent proof of Salem residency, such as a recent piece of mail with an address on it. Sunday, Sept. 28 Deluxe Pancake Breakfast, 8 to 11:30 a.m., Vittori-Rocci Post, 143 Brimbal Ave., Beverly. All the pancakes you can eat, sausage, ham, scrambled eggs, baked beans, $4 adults, $3 children. In support of the Veterans Aid Fund. 978-922-7150. Edible Wild Mushrooms Workshop, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, 87 Perkins Row, Topsfield. With naturalist Erika Sonder, learn to identify common local edible fungi and poisonous ones, then find some to cook in the sanctuary. Advance registration required, $24, $20 Mass Audubon members. 978-887-9264. Gardening Sunday, Sept. 28 Hardy American Plants Display, Kelsey Arboretum, 3 and 4 p.m., 18 Kelsey Road, Boxford. Maintained by Horticultural Society of Boxford. Learn about H.P. Kelsey, conservationist, landscape architect, nurseryman. Boxford Trails Association/Boxford Open Land Trust. 978-887-7031. Theater Saturday, Sept. 27 "Show Boat," classic Hammerstein and Kern musical, North Shore Music Theatre, 2 and 8 p.m., tickets $40 to $77, senior and youth discounts and rush tickets available. 62 Dunham Road, Beverly. 978-232-7200. "A Number," 2 and 5 p.m., Margaret Jensen Theatre in Gordon College's Barrington Center for the Arts. A 50-minute, two-man show about human loss in a scientific age, to coincide with Gordon College's new Ken Olsen Science Center. Tickets $10 at www.gordon.edu or at the box office. 978-867-4235. "Public Exposure," 4 p.m., Griffen Theatre, 7 Lynde St. in Salem. The Salem Theatre Company presents a staged reading of Robert Reich's political farce "Public Exposure." Tickets are $10, with $2 discount for students and seniors at the door or at www.salemtheatre.com or 978-790-8546. "The Doctor in Spite of Himself,SDRq 8 p.m., Gordon College, Ken Olsen Science Center, 255 Grapevine Road, Wenham. Music alumni and current students present comic opera by Charles Gounod. 978-867-4364. Sunday, Sept. 28 "Show Boat," Classic Hammerstein and Kern musical, 2 p.m., North Shore Music Theatre. Tickets $40 to $77, senior and youth discounts and rush tickets available. 62 Dunham Road, Beverly. 978-232-7200. "Gilbert and Sullivan Radio Hour," 3 p.m., Salem State College Recital Hall, on Central Campus, 71 Loring Ave. Performance by New England Light Opera, original production of two one-act pieces by the famous duo, each written without the other, set in a 1940s-era live radio show, complete with on-stage sound effects and a role for the audience. Tickets at 978-542-6290 or www.salemstate.edu/arts. "Public Exposure," 7 p.m., Griffen Theatre, 7 Lynde St., Salem. The Salem Theatre Company presents a staged reading of Robert Reich's political farce "Public Exposure." Tickets are $10, with $2 discount for students and seniors at the door or at www.salemtheatre.com or 978-790-8546. Benefits Saturday, Sept. 27 Peabody High School Stage One Drama Club car wash, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Treadwells Ice Cream, Margin Street, Peabody, $5 per car. Shred-a-Thon, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., First National Bank of Ipswich, 31 Market St., Ipswich, back parking lot. To benefit the American Red Cross of Northeast Mass. For sensitive documents, pay a tax-deductible $10 per 13-gallon bag or $15 per file box to shred on site. Electronics Recycling Drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., hosted by Ira Motor Group, 99 Andover St. (Route 114), Danvers. Old technology, most donations are free, but TVs are $6 to $10, depending on model. Ira will donate $15 per TV, $10 per computer and $5 per small electronic device for technology in Danvers schools, www.recyclingelectronics.com. Kiwanis Club of Danvers 15th annual Rubber Duck Race, 11 a.m., Popes Landing. Food and games, then duck race at noon rain or shine. Duck tickets $5 day of the race. Winning ticket is worth $1,500, second place $500, third place $300. Proceeds provide scholarship funds for local college students. 978-774-0296. Sunday, Sept. 28 21st annual Walk for Hospice of the North Shore, Sunday, Sept. 28, 9 a.m. The three-mile walk steps off from St. John's Prep., 72 Spring St., Danvers, with registration at 8 a.m. 978-223-9787 or www.hns.org/walk. Festivals Saturday, Sept. 27 Energy Efficiency Fair, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. business roundtable, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. fair events, Hamilton-Wenham Library, 14 Union St., Hamilton. Free. Home energy efficiency, driving smart, and more. Marblehead Fall Festival, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Abbot Hall, Atlantic Avenue and Washington Street. Artisans marketplace, chowder and chili fest, martial arts demonstrations, face-painting, hayrides and more. Ipswich Art Show, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., EBSCO Publishing, 10 Estes St., Ipswich. Work by dozens of artistst, with poetry reading and reception from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and Allison Taylor's TV pilot premiere, "Everyone's Business," 8:30 to 10 p.m., filmed in Ipswich. www.ipswicharts.com or 617-513-2921. Montfest, a celebration of the Montserrat College of Art community, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Beverly Common, next to college's Hardie Building. Art and crafts sale, music, films, art demonstrations. Ongoing monoprint marathon, three-hour "Art of Etching" workshop at 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m. groundbreaking ceremony at corner of Winter and Essex streets. www.montserrat.edu. Ipswich Lions Club Chowder Fest, noon to 4 p.m., rain or shine, a tented event, in EBSCO Publishing's parking lot, 10 Estes St., Ipswich, adjacent to Ipswich Riverwalk. 781-944-7286. Polish Picnic, noon to 6 p.m., at the Masonic Lodge, Topsfield Road, Ipswich. Polish food, family and children's activities, raffles, Eastern Sounds Polka Band. $5. St. Lawrence Literary Society members and children under 12 free. Free parking, handicapped-accessible. Polish Festival, 4:30 to 10 p.m., Polish Club, 12 Cheever St., Danvers. Polish food, raffles, live Polish music, cash bar. Dinner at 4:30 p.m., dance from 6 to 10 p.m. $22 per person. Sunday, Sept. 28 "Special Treasures" sale/Marblehead Fall Festival, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Marblehead Chamber of Commerce parking lot, 62 Pleasant St., to benefit Visitor Information Booth, items donated by Chamber businesses. Pumpkin decorating at Shubie's, face-painting, hayrides on Atlantic Avenue, body art at Old Town House, antique cars at the Landing. Ipswich Art Show, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., EBSCO Publishing, 10 Estes St. Include acoustic brunch. www.ipswicharts.com or 617-513-2921.
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